The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-08-11
THE CROPS.
Drought Will Affect the Yield
in Some States.
A VERY COMPLICATED MATTER
Disastrous Accounts from the Region
Being devastated by the Furious
Forest Fires.
Crop Prospects.


| WASHINGTON, August 10.-The pros
pect month ago was for heavy crop
OF corn and q rate of yield about aver
age. II ia condition in all States Of the
Atlantic coast is now unimpaired, and
of very high promise. ? In Texas and
Tennessee the condition has declined
materially. In the central corn region,
however, in,thes valleys of the Ohio and
| Missouri, where two thirds of the crop
| is grown, and the Commercial supply is
procured, q very heavy reduction has
taken place which made the national
average SOL instead of 97.7 last month.
The cause is the long continued drought
which has been the sevetest in Kansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan
Nebraska has been scorched9 on the
southern border, and p Iowa and
Missouri have escaped with, compare
lively light loss; also the more northern
States. The seven corn surplus States
stand as follows: Ohio 81, Indiana Ga,
Illinois IS, Iowa 80, Missouri 3d.. Kansas
60, Nebraska rs. Is a..ar tfgods
The condition of spring wheat, re-
ported very low last month frop-
rsvages of chinch bugs, is not impror -
in the August returns, but has .,is,a
off very slightly, the general 1891 1891
being 1873, two points less 49, Aa dSe
August returns Of last " % Hah me
has made q slight ge D 1aa5a
Wisconsin 81 -, The average for
N MLSrH'in : - rs, Minnesota "a, Iowa Y,
trc - ,1Sss n, Dakota 49, In the ex-
-sRe east and on the Pacific Coast the
I condition of spring wheat is higher.
There is no report of winter
wheat the present month, as 1t is too
early to obtain results of threshing.
0ats-there is no change, q part of the
breadth was harvested at last reports
The condition averages Ss wbicb in n, =.
dicstes crop slight under is average.
Inc oaLiey crop promises to yield
aen.L Ter snan was feared last
- 1VN =. The eastern product will aver
, ~ge higher condition, but is reduced
slightly since last report. The average
is Se.2, indicating nearly an average
yield. The prevalent status Of the
crop is very good for the first of
| August, while reporters recognize this
as a critical time and fear the
effect of subsequent dreuth upon the
green and succulent condition of the
plant. The general average of the con-
ditieR is 1913, which is lower by over
three points than that of July.
! There is great reduction since the
first of July in the condition of pota-
toes. almost entirely the result of
drouth. There is no material decline
on the Gulf or Atlantic coast. but the
| injury is severe through the west.
The loss as reported during the month
is fully 20 per cent. of the prospective
crop.
The fruit crop is very poor. There
will be few apples outside of New
England and New York. There will be
partial crop in Michigan, and in Ohio
river States the harvest will be nearly a
| failure.
The hay crop is greatly reduced in
the west. The general average is 80.
The past month has been favorable to
all, except that the rain fall has been
unequally distributed in point of time.
Drouth threatens at one time, and
damaging foods following.